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Hindustan Times
09-07-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Berlin to set up business outpost in Bengaluru as ties with Karnataka deepen: Report
Bengaluru is set to strengthen its international start-up and innovation credentials with a new cross-continental partnership as Berlin will establish a business liaison office in the city by next year, marking its first such presence in India and only its third worldwide after New York and Beijing, news agency PTI reported. Karnataka's ITBT minister Priyank Kharge with Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Mayor and Senator for Economic Affairs, and other officials in Bengaluru.(X) This development comes as part of a formal declaration of intent signed between the State of Berlin and the Government of Karnataka. The announcement was made by Karnataka's Minister for IT, Biotechnology, and Electronics, Priyank Kharge, who shared the news on social media platform X. READ | Karnataka HC bars government from filing final report in Bengaluru stampede case without permission The agreement, forged under Karnataka's Global Innovation Alliance initiative, aims to connect the start-up ecosystems of both regions more closely. The focus will be on facilitating start-up exchanges, offering soft-landing support for entrepreneurs, and building joint capacities in advanced technology and research. 'This partnership under Karnataka's Global Innovation Alliance, will reduce the distance between Berlin and Bengaluru by enabling start-up exchange, soft-landing support and deeper tech and innovation collaboration,' Kharge posted. He emphasized that collaboration will zero in on high-growth sectors including Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Life Sciences, and Digitalisation—domains where both cities boast global reputations. READ | Bengaluru has turned into a heat trap as concrete swallows the city: Report Kharge added, 'We will soon institutionalise this partnership through a joint steering committee and dedicated nodal points on both sides to track progress, co-create programs and ensure outcome-based delivery." The agreement was signed in the presence of Franziska Giffey, Berlin's Mayor and Senator for Economic Affairs, who is currently leading a 25-member trade delegation on a mission to Bengaluru and Delhi. She confirmed Berlin's plan to set up a formal business representation in the Karnataka capital, positioning the city as a key partner for Germany in South Asia. READ | Bengaluru braces for traffic disruptions as thousands protest at Freedom Park today The delegation includes top leaders such as Stefan Franzke, CEO of Berlin Partner for Business and Technology; Jeannine Koch, head of the media association medianet berlinbrandenburg eV; and Berol Bicer from the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Over two days in Bengaluru, the group will visit leading institutions like Infosys, RV College of Engineering, and IIM Bangalore, while engaging with major industry bodies including NASSCOM. (With inputs from PTI)
News18
07-07-2025
- Politics
- News18
Why Is Karnataka Govt Hiding Fare Panel Report On Bengaluru Metro, Asks Tejasvi Surya
Last Updated: Even today, the Bengaluru Metro is the most expensive metro system in the country. Public transport should be made affordable, says Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya As the Karnataka High Court (HC) continues hearing a petition seeking transparency in metro fare hikes and the delay in the launch of Bengaluru's Yellow Line, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya has hit out at the state government and the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) saying they are 'in a war against public transport". Speaking to News18 after the Karnataka HC heard his writ petition on transparency in the fare fixation report of the BMRCL, he stressed there was 'deliberate opacity" and 'callous indifference" to commuters. Surya pointed out that the committee went on a multi-country tour, only to return and recommend a 130% hike in fares. 'As consumers of a public transport system — built and funded by public money — don't we have the right to know how fares are being fixed? Are we not living in a democracy? Does this report compromise national security? Will it help enemy nations if it is made public? If not, why the secrecy?" Criticising the partial rollback in fares after public protests, calling it 'mathematical gymnastics" that offered no real relief to long-distance commuters. 'Even today, the Bengaluru Metro is the most expensive metro system in the country. Public transport should be made affordable, but instead we're being forced to fight for basic transparency. Citizens and even elected representatives are being pushed to approach the High Court for information that should be in the public domain. That tells you everything about the quality of governance." The Karnataka HC also questioned, 'The state of affairs which is driving an elected MP coming to appeal for this?" 'This is a fight for transparency, for public transport, for commuter rights," said Surya. 'We live in a city that is choking with congestion. People are mentally harassed by traffic. What we need is denser, more reliable and affordable public transport. But instead, the government seems to be waging a war against public transport." Surya also hit out at the inordinate delay in the commissioning of the Yellow Line, which has now dragged on for over four years. 'Deadlines come and go — now they're saying August 15. The civil work was completed over a year ago. This line has the potential to cater to 8 to 9 lakh people and take lakhs of private vehicles off the road. But BMRCL is in no hurry to launch it." Blaming the agency for botching up the project, Surya said he had to step in personally in 2023 to get things back on track. 'I've visited the Titagarh rail factory four times, coordinated with Mitsubishi and other stakeholders — all of which is the BMRCL's job. Instead, like a court adjourning cases endlessly, the BMRCL keeps giving new deadlines every month. No deadline seems to have any sanctity. It's crazy." 'I have urged the BMRCL that the August 15 deadline should be met at any cost. The line has been ready for over a year," he said. Asked what he plans to do next, the MP said, 'We've raised this issue in every forum. I've spoken with the Union Urban Affairs Minister, with the Metro Chairman. I will keep pushing until this line is operational. Bengaluru deserves better." First Published: July 07, 2025, 17:53 IST
New Indian Express
05-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Hope Emergency won't be imposed again, says former Justice Hegde
BENGALURU: Former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde here on Friday hoped that Emergency will not be imposed again in India. He was narrating the perils of the draconian law imposed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, while participating in a dialogue on the book, 'The Conscience Network', authored by TNIE columnist Sugata Srinivasaraju. The book chronicles the efforts of three Indian origin youth who resisted Emergency from the US -- PhD students Ravi Chopra and Anand Kumar, and S R Hiremath, a Kannadiga. Justice Hegde, who was a 35 -year-old lawyer then, had arranged the country's top lawyers to argue before the Karnataka HC for leaders jailed here. 'The Emergency was declared to save the chair of a person of a family that had already ruled the country for fifty years. Hope such a situation doesn't arise in future,' he remarked. 'Atal Behari Vajpayee, LK Advani, Madhu Dandavate among others who were in Bengaluru for a parliamentary work were detained. Noted lawyer Rama Jois, who came forward to fight their cases, was also jailed. I travelled to Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai and got Soli Sorabji, Shanthi Bushan and Venugopal to argue in the HC,' he recalled. Writer K Marulasiddappa said there is an emergency-like situation in the country now as constitutional bodies have become puppets of the Centre. 'Then, India was Indira, now Modi is 'avtar purusha' (incarnation of God). Those who criticise the government are branded urban Naxalites,' he said. He felt there is an emergency-like situation across the world as dictators are ruling all over. Retired IAS officer Chiranjiv Singh, who was the chief censor in Karnataka during the emergency, said the emergency exposed the true colours of leaders as most of them compromised their positions for future political gains. Except for Akali Dal all compromised, he said. 'At 9 pm (on June 26, 1975) when emergency was clamped, Home Secretary Hanuman called me and asked me not to release the proof copy of The Indian Express until 3 pm. I told him it's illegal and asked him to speak to CM (Devaraj Urs),' he said. Senior journalist AVS Namboodiri also spoke. Three protagonists of the book took part in an interaction.
Time of India
02-07-2025
- Time of India
Insurance co not bound to pay for death of person driving rashly, rules SC
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said insurance companies are not bound to pay compensation to the kin of drivers who die due to their own mistake during daredevil stunts or on account of rash and negligent driving, in an extreme message to speed addicts and those who seek to hog eyeballs by performing stunts, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan refused to give relief to the wife, son and parents of a man who died while driving a car at high speed in a rash and negligent act which ended with the vehicle toppling over. Complainant drove rashly, broke rules before car toppled Dismissing the claim petition of his kin, who demanded Rs 80 lakh as compensation from United India Insurance Company, the bench said that family members cannot demand an insurance payout when death is caused due to a mistake on part of the deceased without involvement of any extraneous factors. The SC upheld the decision of Karnataka HC on Nov 23 last year rejecting their claim for compensation. On June 18, 2014, one N S Ravisha was driving a Fiat Linea from Mallasandra village to Arasikere town, with his father, sister and her children as co-passengers. He drove rashly and at a high speed and broke traffic rules before losing control of the vehicle near Mylanahalli gate, Arasikere. The car toppled over and rolled on the road. Ravisha succumbed to injuries sustained in the accident. His wife, son and parents claimed compensation of Rs 80 lakh on the grounds that he was a busy contractor earning Rs 3 lakh per month. The police filed a chargesheet claiming that the accident occurred because of Ravisha's rash and negligent driving. The Motor Accident Tribunal rejected the family's claim. Hearing an appeal, Karnataka HC rejected the claim of Ravisha's kin that the accident was caused due to a tyre burst and said, "when a claim is made by legal representatives of the deceased, it has to be proved that the deceased was not himself responsible for the accident by his rash and negligent driving and it would also be necessary to prove that the deceased would be covered under the policy so as to make the insurance company liable to make payment to the legal heirs. " The court added, "In the instant case, admittedly the accident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the deceased himself and he being a self-tortfeasor, the legal heirs cannot claim any compensation for his death".
Time of India
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
SC alarmed by Karnataka HC's retro use of 'grounds of arrest' order
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday realised that its well-meaning rulings could cause huge complications in criminal law processes as it found that Karnataka high court had released a murder accused two years after his arrest as police had not informed him in writing the grounds of arrest as mandated by SC in Oct 2023. Appearing for Karnataka govt, senior advocate Sidharth Luthra told a bench led by Justice K V Viswanathan that SC rulings operate prospectively unless specifically directed for its retrospective application. He said the man was arrested on Feb 17, 2023, and was remanded to custody the same day in a murder case . The chargesheet has been filed and he is facing trial, Luthra said. However, nearly one-and-a-half years after SC in Pankaj Bansal case ruled on Oct 3, 2023 that investigating agencies must communicate in writing the grounds of arrest to the person being taken into custody, the murder accused moved Karnataka HC on March 22 this year questioning his arrest due to non-communication of the grounds of arrest in writing by relying on the SC ruling. Relying on subsequent rulings of SC reiterating the principle enunciated in Pankaj Bansal case, HC quashed his arrest but asked him to appear before the investigating officer, cooperate in the probe, not to threaten or tamper with witnesses, not to get involved in similar offences and not to leave the territory of the police station of Arsikere town without IO's permission. Justice Viswanathan said this could have a huge repercussion on thousands of arrests by police across states prior to pronouncement of the judgment in Pankaj Bansal case. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo "We are worried such a course of action, as adopted by Karnataka HC, will have a nation-wide implication and thousands of accused, arrested prior to Oct 3, 2023, may rush to courts seeking annulment of their arrests," he said. The bench noted that a similar question was pending judgment before a bench led by CJI B R Gavai, which had reserved verdict two months ago on April 22 on a petition filed by Mihir Rajesh Shah who had challenged his arrest alleging that the grounds of arrest were not communicated to him in writing by police. CJI Gavai and Justice A G Masih had raised two questions: Whether in every IPC case, it is mandatory to furnish grounds of arrest before or immediately after the arrest. And, whether the mandate could be optional in exceptional cases where it is impossible to provide grounds of arrest immediately on arrest. Referring to Mihir Shah's case, Justice Viswanathan said since the judgment could be expected after July 15 and could lay down guidelines regarding communication of grounds of arrest, it would be better to post the Karnataka case for hearing on July 18. Justice Viswanathan's apprehension was fully reflected in CJI Gavai's views, as before reserving verdict in Mihir Shah's case, he had observed, "Imagine someone is shooting people in public. Should police take him into custody or wait to prepare grounds of arrest to be served on him prior to that? Our judgments (making it mandatory for police to furnish grounds of arrest in writing) have been grossly misused."
